The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Ver. 28. The hope of the righteous shall be gladness.] The righteous doth not so fear God, Proverbs 10:2 ; Pro 10:7 but that he hopes in him also; - see Psalms 130:4,5 : - and that with such a hope as "maketh not ashamed." Deo confisi nunquam confusi: "The righteous hath hope in his death"; Pro 14:32 his motto is, Cum expiro, spero; - My hope lasts beyond life.
But the expectations of the wicked.] As Esau came from hunting, with his head full of hopes, but went away with his heart full of blanks, and his face full of blushing.